Empirical evidence does not lend much support to the notion that climate is headed precipitately toward more extreme heat and drought. The drought of 1999 covered a smaller area than the 1988 drought, when the Mississippi almost dried up. And 1988 was a temporary inconvenience as compared with repeated droughts during the 1930s “Dust Bowl” that caused an exodus from the prairies, as chronicled in Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath. NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Whither U.S. Climate?

There is no indication that droughts are getting worse. In 1934, 80% of the US was simultaneously experiencing drought.190001-201202.gif (650×534)

May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Jim Shady please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Jim Shady please stand up?
We’re gonna have a protest here..

Y’all act like you never seen data adjustment before
Jaws all on the floor, cuz Mann just burst in the door
and started shaking his hockey stick worse than before
the trends had diverged, so he threw the data overboard (Ahh!)
It’s the return of the… “Ah, wait, no way, you’re kidding,
he didn’t just do what I think he did, did he?”
And Dr. Schneider said… nothing you idiots!
Dr. Schneider’s dead, he’s locked in my basement! (Ha-ha!)
Enviromentalists love Mann’n’Jim